Patient Safety

Since the first Ebola patient was diagnosed in September, hospitals have been on high alert to protect patients and employeesRead More »

Responding to knowledge gap with emerging surgical tools, FUSE training program aims to improve device safety and reduce...Read More »

A new ECRI Institute report says hospital alarm errors top the list of healthcare technology hazards.Read More »

True or false: A postoperative patient who is receiving pain medication should be educated about his or her pain medication as well as other pain...Read More »

The Joint Commission recently released a new chapter to the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) entitled Patient Safety...Read More »

Experts testify that there are more than 1,000 preventable deaths each day and that patient safety is no better than it was 15...Read More »

An executive order from President Obama and a rash of new studies have thrust the importance of antimicrobial stewardship into...Read More »

With limited information available, the new chapter references leadership standards, but it's unclear how it will impact the...Read More »

The Leapfrog Group last week released the fall 2014 update to its Hospital Safety Scores, which find that hospital outcome performance is still...Read More »

In November 2013, when Richard Shannon, MD, arrived to his newly appointed position as executive vice president of health affairs at the...Read More »